mullein foxglove

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mullein foxglove - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mullein \Mul"lein\, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.)
     Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs
     having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The
     common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus
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     Moth mullein. See under Moth.
  
     Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla)
        with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a
        spreading border.
  
     Petty mullein, the cowslip. --Dr. Prior.
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